Tufts University president salary and executive pay
Tufts University paid its president, Sunil Kumar, $1,356,483 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $669,985 (97.6%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Tufts University ranks 57th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Tufts University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-2103634, Medford, MA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,356,483
- Total revenue
- $1,556,567,693
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 30%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621329349300047.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 66th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.09% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Sunil Kumar President Trustee & University President | $1,356,483 |
| Joshua ElseSVP - University Advancement | $935,605 |
| Caroline GencoProvost and Senior Vice President | $901,850 |
| Helen W BoucherDean of Medical School | $829,884 |
| Anthony P MonacoUniversity Professor (See Schedule O) | $824,902 |
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Sunil Kumar President Trustee & University President | $1,356,483 | $1,556,567,693 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Sunil Kumar President Trustee & University President - Start Date 7/1/2023 | $686,498 | $1,389,784,787 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Anthony P Monaco President Trustee & University President - End Date 6/30/2023 | $1,257,795 | $1,339,090,449 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Anthony P Monaco President Trustee University President | $1,208,747 | $1,433,143,172 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621329349300047.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Sunil KumarTrustee & University President | $1,090,377 | $266,106 | $1,062,475 | $0 | $27,902 | $127,320 | $138,786 | $1,356,483 |
| Joshua ElseSVP - University Advancement | $857,127 | $78,478 | $580,394 | $121,077 | $155,656 | $43,320 | $35,158 | $935,605 |
| Caroline GencoProvost and Senior Vice President | $814,368 | $87,482 | $780,182 | $0 | $34,186 | $74,320 | $13,162 | $901,850 |
| Helen W BoucherDean of Medical School | $756,765 | $73,119 | $751,128 | $0 | $5,637 | $43,320 | $29,799 | $829,884 |
| Anthony P MonacoUniversity Professor (See Schedule O) | $747,114 | $77,788 | $729,766 | $0 | $17,348 | $43,320 | $34,468 | $824,902 |
These figures come from Tufts University's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Tufts University compares
Ranked 57th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Baylor University$3,033,323 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Thomas Jefferson University$7,010,762 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Southern New Hampshire University$1,071,826 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rice University$2,074,566 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Albert Einstein College of Medicine$16,660,997 (President), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Sunil Kumar (Trustee & University President) was paid $1,356,483 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,090,377 from Tufts University and $266,106 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Tufts University ranks 57th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, Sunil Kumar, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,356,483. Next was Joshua Else (SVP - University Advancement), at $935,605. On the latest return, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
Tufts University paid its president, Sunil Kumar, $1,356,483 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $669,985 (97.6%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Anthony P Monaco, paid $1,208,747. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,208,747 (Anthony P Monaco); June 2023, $1,257,795; June 2024, $686,498 (Sunil Kumar); June 2025, $1,356,483.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Tufts University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.